Benz3ne

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Benz3ne
Peter, there's no need to apologise for absence. I've enjoyed seeing Ripley living life to the full vicariously through your photos. He looked a special dog and one that I'm sure you'll look back on soon with fondness and happy times outshining the grief.

Comment by Benz3ne posted on I have been somewhat absent. at 13/07/2026 - 10:07

Benz3ne
LennyBloke wrote:
All this talk of the MX takes me back - I used to have an M35/2, M50/1.4 and M85/2.0 with my black MX and winder, a great little outfit and it certainly fits the bill for size and weight, But I'm not going back to the film days - if I did I'd have to have a darkroom set up (I was never overly happy with others D&P'ing my black and white stuff), and there's no way that would get the green light in our house
Changing bag, dev tank and either a scanner or a backlight for digitally 'scanning' your negs with a DSLR and Macro lens and job's a good'un. Folds down to not a lot of space, either!

Comment by Benz3ne posted on A smaller camera system - your views please! at 15/06/2026 - 11:45

Benz3ne
smc wrote:
Benz3ne wrote:
Pentax MX
40mm f/2.8
Some film.

Done.
I tend to go MX, 50/1.4, 28/2 and 85/2 in one small bag with film and batteries, paperback book - but your point is well made!
My go-tos are a 28/3.5 and Voigtlander Ultron 40/2.
That said, I might limit myself to one lens for my annual trip to Belgium this year. Which one, I'm not sure of yet...

Comment by Benz3ne posted on A smaller camera system - your views please! at 11/06/2026 - 12:11

Benz3ne
loadoftripe wrote:
Benz3ne wrote:
Pentax MX
40mm f/2.8
Some film.

Brilliant

Just quickly checked tinternet, some roughness and assumptions , yours will vary.
Film 10 rolls 36 ex per year for easy calc. Each £9
Processing £6.50 each plus say £2.50 pp
Gets you negatives only from Hippo Lab
£18 x 10
Say 10 years =£1800
Plus your time scanning/copying to digital.
Makes you think 🤔


Done.
Bulk roll of Fomapan 200, £52, equivalent to 18 rolls @ 36exp = £2.89 ea.
Dev in caffenol in my lab. Have some 'legacy chemicals' that I'm using at zero cost so dev is essentially free for me.
Scanning with my A7iii and a macro lens and converting myself in lightroom/negative lab pro so only costs my time which isn't worth much anyway.
Yearly £29 for the equivalent 10 rolls to your calculations so I could go for 62 years versus your 10

Me being facetious, obviously, but I do appreciate that it can be a costly exercise!

Comment by Benz3ne posted on A smaller camera system - your views please! at 09/06/2026 - 11:40

Benz3ne
Pentax MX
40mm f/2.8
Some film.

Done.

Comment by Benz3ne posted on A smaller camera system - your views please! at 09/06/2026 - 09:14

Benz3ne
davidwozhere wrote:
You lot missed out with that 135mm f2.5. I had a quick rummage through and found this one ...
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Fortunately, I already have one and what a doozy it is!

Comment by Benz3ne posted on FS: A couple of SMC Pentax K mount classics at 30/01/2026 - 14:10

Benz3ne
Stop it you tease!

Comment by Benz3ne posted on FS: A couple of SMC Pentax K mount classics at 26/01/2026 - 12:04

Benz3ne
smc wrote:
Very nice! I have one which I haven't used in a while - must use it.
Definitely dig it out!

Comment by Benz3ne posted on Very lightly ISO: Ricoh Caddy at 11/11/2025 - 15:50

Benz3ne
Disbanding the search for now - picked up a lovely little Olympus Pen D for the princely sum of £33!

Comment by Benz3ne posted on Very lightly ISO: Ricoh Caddy at 06/11/2025 - 14:43

Benz3ne
Bump - more firmly looking now...

Comment by Benz3ne posted on Very lightly ISO: Ricoh Caddy at 28/10/2025 - 13:13

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